The story of Pittsburgh: Hospitals

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

Document type:: Multivolume work

Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623870

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241156

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Hospitals

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 16

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 100] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: The Dixmont hospital

Collection:: Economics Books

of the insane was started May 1, 1860, and on July 19, the cornerstone of the new building was laid when appropriate ceremonies in the presence of a large concourse of friends of the institution from various parts of the State were held. The new department for the insane was erected and open- ed for the reception of patients November 11, 1862, and one hundred and thirteen patients were transferred to it from the Western Pennsylvania Hospital in the Twelfth ward of the City of Pittsburgh. Since the opening of the institution for the insane up to June 1, 1926, 15,287 patients have been admitted. Of this number 3,558 have been restored, 4,515 improved, 1,387 un- improved and 4,736 died. The normal capacity of the hospi- tal at the present time is 675 patients. Just now it is housing within its doors 1088 patients. In 1907 the Department for the Insane was granted a separate charter, and was afterward known as the Dixmont Hospital for the Insane. In 1921 the managers petitioned the Court of Common Pleas for a decree whereby the words “for the insane’ could be removed from the corporation of the institution. This petition was granted by the court May, 1921, the name of the hospital being changed to “The Dix- mont Hospital.” The hospital is governed by a board of directors. The actual management is vested in an Executive Committee chosen by the Directors. The annual meeting of the corpora- tion is held in December, at which time the directors appoint all officers for the ensuing year. The executive committee meets every month at the office of the hospital, and upon the call of the secretary special meetings are held in Pittsburgh. The main building stands upon a tract of ground com- manding a beautiful view of the surrounding country for miles, and at an elevation of 180 feet above the Ohio River. The building is of the old-style Kirkbride plan, brick with stone trimmings, three stories in height, with four cross wards four stories in height, the wings extending out from the central or administrative building on either side. The building is 750 feet front and is old-fashioned in construction. The corridors are 12 feet wide with bed rooms for patients opening into them. The building is practically fireproof.

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